Love on the Dole (1941)
- Directed by
- John Baxter
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A working-class family in 1930s northern England struggles against poverty and unemployment. A young woman tries to help her family survive as her father loses his job.
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What happens
Love on the Dole is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Deborah Kerr and Clifford Evans. It was adapted by Walter Greenwood, Barbara K. Emary and Rollo Gamble from the 1934 play by Ronald Gow based on Greenwood's 1933 novel of the same name. It was the first English-made feature film to show English police wielding batons against a crowd. It is the best known film by Baxter and one of the best known from British National Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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